Cameron Diaz looks smoking hot in our one-of-a-kind 14 karat gold ammonite and stalactite necklace in July 2010’s InStyle issue. Photographed by Michaleangelo Di Battista and styled by Rossela Tarabini, Diaz models on a vintage motercycle and car in the desert as she talks about her new action packed film “Knight and Day”. She mentions how she loves fashion with a little bit of edge which we love to hear especially from such a charismatic and stunning actress.

For any of you MJM fans who might happen to be in Tokyo this week, one of our favorite Japanese stores, SOURCE, is hosting Melissa for a full week-long trunk show.  And if Japan is just one of those countries that happens to be on your “To Visit” list, make sure to put Source on your itinerary!  Thanks to Shinji and Asuka for making the trunk show possible.

Images of Doo.Ri’s gorgeous Resort 2011 collection are now up on Style.com!  The draped jersey pieces that Doo.Ri is known for are paired with structured jackets for a look that Style.com’s editor calls “Smart, indeed.”  She dressed up a number of her looks with bold Melissa Joy Manning cuffs and a few necklaces and rings.  Here are some photos of the presentation.

We’re very excited to be collaborating with fashion designer Doo.Ri on jewelry for her Spring 2011 show.   Above are a few runway shots from her Fall 2010 show and below are some of the stones that she and Melissa pored over while discussing some initial design concepts.  Doo.Ri has a wonderful aesthetic that combines minimal, tailored looks with more feminine draping, and we’re hoping that the organic nature of our designs will play off of this for a compelling contrast.   We’ll get a sneak preview of this when her Resort presentation, for which she borrowed some of our pieces, is posted on Style.com!  Updates to follow…

We were flattered that our friend Susan Beischel of Skin Lingerie wore a couple of our pieces for her appearance on the Martha Stewart show.  She paired one of our long chains with a sienna drusy and tiger eye necklace.  The episode aired this morning - watch a video preview of the show here!

Melissa is taking some fabulous one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces to Katy Beh this weekend just in time for Mother’s Day.  Please stop by if you happen to be in New Orleans!

Trunk Show at Katy Beh
3708 Magazine Street
New Orleans, Louisiana

May 7th & 8th

All of our pretty jewels have been packed up and are on the road with our sales director, Tara, right now, as she goes up and down the West Coast.  Here are some photos from packing - it’s kind of cool to see all of our rings grouped by color!  This weekend, some of these rings and a number of other special pieces will be making their way to New Orleans for Melissa’s trunk show at Katy Beh.  Stay tuned for more details!

If you look really close, you can see Jennifer Garner wearing one of our pink cobaio calcite rings on The Early Show on CBS while she discusses her work with Save the Children.  We love Jennifer Garner and were excited to see her wearing our jewelry while promoting a great cause.  Click here to watch the video!

One of the things that makes us happiest is when we are reminded of how our jewelry becomes part of people’s lives.  We love hearing back from our customers, like the adorable Gabby and Lev, who were recently engaged.  Lev came into our Oakland studio and was utterly stupefied while looking at rings.  Luckily his sister was there to calm his nerves and videotape the whole process!

To propose, Lev took Gabby on a hike at Tennessee Valley in Marin and caught her completely by surprise.  We think it looks like they had an amazing day!

On that note, we just uploaded a few new diamond slice rings to our online store…and we can’t wait to see where they’ll end up!

This Earth Day, Melissa offered up some green advice to Fashionista along with a few other designers.  Melissa’s tip: “Fashion your own re-usable bags sans logo by sewing two vintage scarves together and using a cool belt as a handle. Plastic “eco bags” are still plastic. We need to stop using plastic altogether- recycling it releases chemicals into our atmosphere.”  See more tips and the full article here.

Also, remember that being eco-conscious is not always about being green - for those of you who are ocean-lovers like we are, take a look at SeaWeb’s Too Precious to Wear online campaign, where you can pledge to avoid purchasing endangered corals.